Positive Effects Of The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a time of drastic change and transformation, from hand tools and handmade items to technological machine manufactured goods. The advent of this mechanization that began in the eighteenth century in England allowed for mass production of many things that would improve the manufacturing of many products. This revolution soon spread to the United States and throughout Western Europe. Even though the Industrial Revolution brought about positive advances through the invention of technology, communication, and transportation, William Blake also laments the harm it brought to humanity. Before the Industrial Revolution had begun, England’s economy was mainly based on the cotton industry. Workers would produce goods at
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Machinery was not always fenced off and workers would be exposed to moving parts of the machines. If a worker was too close to the machine and an article of clothing got stuck in it, this sometimes would lead to the amputation of body parts. According to Jane Humphries, children as young as six years old would work in factories and were employed to move between these dangerous machines because they were small enough that they could fit. This caused mortality rates to increase in factories because people were put at a great danger with machinery (Humphries). Also, the people that worked in these factories would have long working hours and only got a lunch and dinner break. The factories were not air conditioned and had little ventilation so workers would become exhausted and dehydrated. As exhaustion set in, works would become sluggish and this made the workplace more dangerous. If the workers would complain, become ill, or got injured then they would be fired. So workers either dealt with the poor conditions or they became …show more content…
“In the early 18th century, Englishman Abraham Darby (1678-1717) discovered a cheaper, easier method to produce cast iron, using a coke-fueled (as opposed to charcoal-fired) furnace. In the 1850s, British engineer Henry Bessemer, developed the first inexpensive process for mass-producing steel” (“Industrial Revolution”). From the production of steel and cast iron railway tracks, steam locomotives and Watt steam engines were able to be built. By discovering ways to process steel and iron at an inexpensive cost, transportation became
Machinery was not always fenced off and workers would be exposed to moving parts of the machines. If a worker was too close to the machine and an article of clothing got stuck in it, this sometimes would lead to the amputation of body parts. According to Jane Humphries, children as young as six years old would work in factories and were employed to move between these dangerous machines because they were small enough that they could fit. This caused mortality rates to increase in factories because people were put at a great danger with machinery (Humphries). Also, the people that worked in these factories would have long working hours and only got a lunch and dinner break. The factories were not air conditioned and had little ventilation so workers would become exhausted and dehydrated. As exhaustion set in, works would become sluggish and this made the workplace more dangerous. If the workers would complain, become ill, or got injured then they would be fired. So workers either dealt with the poor conditions or they became …show more content…
“In the early 18th century, Englishman Abraham Darby (1678-1717) discovered a cheaper, easier method to produce cast iron, using a coke-fueled (as opposed to charcoal-fired) furnace. In the 1850s, British engineer Henry Bessemer, developed the first inexpensive process for mass-producing steel” (“Industrial Revolution”). From the production of steel and cast iron railway tracks, steam locomotives and Watt steam engines were able to be built. By discovering ways to process steel and iron at an inexpensive cost, transportation became